Plaited and perfect: Nicole Kidman does demure with delicate hairstyle and plunging backless gown...

She has been a constant present in Cannes and as Hollywood royalty Nicole Kidman has not let the crowds down in her fashion choices.

dailymail.co.uk (3 hours ago)

PHOTOS: The Week's Best Style Moments

Start your holiday weekend on a stylish not and check out the week's best style moments... Kelly Rowland looked lovely at the 2013 Billboard Music Awards this past Sunday. The singer wore a silver gown by Rami Al Ali, which featured a high-slit to show of her gorgeous gams. Overseas, supermodel Joan Smalls stunned...

huffingtonpost.com (6 hours ago)

Freight train crash in Missouri triggers highway overpass collapse

Two freight trains collided at a rail intersection in rural southeastern Missouri on Saturday, triggering the collapse of a highway overpass when at least a dozen rail cars derailed and struck a support pillar, authorities said. None of the seven people hurt in the fiery crash – two train workers and five people who...

guardian.co.uk (8 hours ago)

PHOTOS: Slits Reach Dangerous Heights This Week

The successes and stumbles of this week's dangerous outfits can be sectioned off by event, each of which boasted more risqué fashion than the next. The winner was the amFar Cinema Against AIDS Gala, where Kylie Minogue wore an ivory gown that boasted three risky moves: a high slit, cut-outs and a plunging neckline....

huffingtonpost.com (11 hours ago)

Six Flags White Water's Typhoon Twister debuts Memorial Day weekend

Six Flags White Water is debuting its newest attraction, the Typhoon Twister, this weekend. The water park opened for the 2013 season on May 18. Typhoon Twister will send four adrenaline seeking water-park-goers at a time down an enclosed five-story dropoff before launching them into a 67-foot bowl that sends them...

mdjonline.com (1 day ago)

Truck crash caused Washington state bridge collapse: officials

MOUNT VERNON, Washington (Reuters) - A bridge that collapsed in Washington state and sent two cars plunging into the Skagit River, raising concerns about the safety of the nation's aging infrastructure, was knocked down by a truck that crashed into at least one girder, officials said on Friday.

reuters.com (1 day ago)

Truck crash caused Washington state bridge collapse: officials

By Elaine Porterfield MOUNT VERNON, Washington (Reuters) - A bridge that collapsed in Washington state and sent two cars plunging into the Skagit River, raising concerns about the safety of the nation's aging infrastructure, was knocked down by a truck that crashed into at least one girder, officials said on Friday....

yahoo.com (1 day ago)

Video: 5/24: I-5 bridge collapses north of Seattle; "On the Road": Three siblings survive Okla....

A section of the Riverside Bridge, which carries traffic along Interstate-5 near Seattle, collapsed after a truck hit an overhead beam, plunging vehicles into the Skagit River below; and "On the Road," Steve Hartman reports on three siblings who survived the Okla. tornado that destroyed their home and elementary...

cbsnews.com (1 day ago)

I-5 bridge collapses north of Seattle

Nobody dies as people and vehicles are plunged into the Skagit River. Witnesses say an oversize load on a truck hit the bridge before a large section collapsed.SEATTLE - A large section of a bridge on Interstate 5 north of Seattle collapsed Thursday evening, sending vehicles and people plunging into the swirling,...

latimes.com (1 day ago)

Video: I-5 bridge collapses north of Seattle

A section of the Riverside Bridge, which carries traffic along Interstate-5 near Seattle collapsed after a truck hit an overhead beam, plunging cars into the Skagit river below. Henry Rosoff of CBS affiliate KIRO-TV reports.

cbsnews.com (1 day ago)

I-5 bridge survivor recalls plunge from highway

A survivor of Washington's Interstate 5 bridge collapse says plunging off the highway was "like a roller coaster where you're not attached to the tracks."

seattletimes.com (1 day ago)

I-5 bridge survivor recalls plunge from highway

MOUNT VERNON, Wash. (AP) -- A survivor of Washington's Interstate 5 bridge collapse says plunging off the highway was "like a roller coaster where you're not attached to the tracks."...

ap.org (1 day ago)

Stephen Kress: The Legacy of Rachel Carson

May 27 is Rachel Carson's birthday. Her legacy is very much alive here on Hog Island, Maine, where I spend my summers working to restore seabird populations that were once decimated. As I write, a female osprey incubates three eggs in a nest that she and her mate have returned to every summer for the past five...

huffingtonpost.com (1 day ago)

Bridge Collapse in Washington State Sends Two Cars Plunging Into The Skagit River

No one was killed, but it's just another example of how badly American infrastructure is crumbling. It’s been a rough week for bridges around the U.S. At about 7 p.m. local time in Washington state yesterday a bridge spanning the Skagit river north of Seattle (part of Interstate 5) collapsed after a truck carrying a...

popsci.com (1 day ago)

PHOTOS: Paz Vega's Dress Is Making Us Nervous

We often marvel at stars' ability to evade wardrobe malfunctions in front of constant flashbulbs wearing the riskiest of dresses. Now we can officially add Paz Vega to the list of successes. The Spanish actress turned up to last night's amfAR Gala during the Cannes Film Festival rocking a black spaghetti strap gown...

huffingtonpost.com (1 day ago)

Six to watch: TV Tudors

Aside from maybe Prince Harry's junk or Prince Philip's troublesome bladder, the current monarchy doesn't have a lot going for it, especially when you compare it to the Tudor period. Now we get excited when our royalty mucks about at Harry Potter theme parks, but back then they could swan around murdering their own...

guardian.co.uk (1 day ago)

Bizarro Time As Better Data Sends Stocks Lower

As the accelerating global currency wars, global money printing and abdication of fiscal policy on behalf of monetary policy becomes a worldwide pandemic, increasingly more markets are now trading like pennystocks, case in the point the world's second "deepest" stock market, the Nikkei225 has moved nearly 2000...

zerohedge.com (1 day ago)

Washington state bridge collapses, plunging cars into river

Three people were pulled from their cars and saved from drowning after a bridge in Washington state along a heavily traveled commuter route collapsed late Thursday. The bridge is located on Interstate 5. Washington State Patrol officials said no one was killed in the incident, which could have been sparked ...

washingtontimes.com (1 day ago)

Asian markets mixed in volatile trade

ASIAN markets have closed mixed following a day of volatile trading, with Japan ending in positive territory after plunging more than 3 per cent.    

news.com.au (1 day ago)

No deaths as partial bridge collapse sends vehicles plunging into Washington state river

Partial collapse along I-5, north of Seattle, leaves 3 people hurt, at least 2 vehicles in water; Did wide-load semi-truck play role?

cbsnews.com (1 day ago)

Lucy Mecklenburgh displays her slimmed-down figure in a plunging white swimsuit as she joins the...

The 21-year-old star looked significantly more slender than she has in recent years' trips to Marbs, displaying her tiny waist and pert derriere in the plunging white one-piece.

dailymail.co.uk (1 day ago)

Bridge section collapses on I-5 north of Seattle

SEATTLE - A large section of a bridge on Interstate 5 north of Seattle collapsed Thursday evening, sending vehicles and people plunging into the swirling, icy waters of the Skagit River.

latimes.com (1 day ago)

Bridge collapses in Washington, plunging cars, people into water

pressherald.com (1 day ago)

Bridge collapse in Washington state sends cars and people into water

A road bridge in the US state of Washington has collapsed, plunging vehicles and people into the river below. Part of the Interstate 5 bridge over the Skagit river at Mount Vernon gave way on Thursday evening, the Washington state patrol said. The four-lane bridge collapsed about 7pm, Trooper Mark Francis said....

guardian.co.uk (2 days ago)

That Dress Looks Uncomfortable!

You would think that wearing expensive gowns would guarantee comfort but for celebs like Nicole Kidman and Sharon Stone at Cannes 2013, the exact opposite looks to be true. After seeing Cannes film festival jury member Nicole Kidman sport a black leather dress in the notoriously hot (but chic) city, we wondered if...

huffingtonpost.com (2 days ago)

Cannes Day 9: Princess Charlene Is No Match for Heidi Klum

Now in our second week of Cannes, we're starting to get red carpet fatigue. How many more plunging, glittery gowns can we stare at on our computers before we grab our desk scissors and compulsively snip our necklines into deep Vs? A lot, hopefully: Cavalli disciples like Sharon Stone, Kylie ... More »

nymag.com (2 days ago)

PHOTOS: Princess Charlene's Jumpsuit Might Be Her Sexiest Look Yet

We've already established that the 2013 Cannes Film Festival is currently doubling as an unofficial runway for all things skimpy, tight and dangerously cut. (See: Eva Longoria's wardrobe malfunction.) So why should princesses be left out of all the fun? Princess Charlene of Monaco hit up the film fest wearing a sexy...

huffingtonpost.com (2 days ago)

Japan Stock Market Crash Leads To Global Sell Off

Yesterday afternoon, following the rout in the US stock market, we made a spurious preview of the true main event: So selloff in JGBs tonight? - zerohedge (@zerohedge) May 22, 2013 We had no idea how right we would be because the second Japan opened, its bond futures market was halted on a circuit breaker as the 10...

zerohedge.com (2 days ago)

Hangover III London premiere: Heather takes the plunge

In a black gown with a plunging neckline, Heather Graham poses on the red carpet in Leicester Square at the premiere of Hangover: Part III. The American actress, 43, co-stars with Bradley Cooper in the latest instalment of  the comedy franchise. She plays a stripper, a role she said she relished. “I’m pretty boring...

standard.co.uk (2 days ago)

US Fed threat to cut emergency cash support sparks stock sell-off

Fears of an imminent scaling back of the massive US stimulus programme, which has helped fuel stellar market gains across the world, sent London's FTSE 100 plunging from recent 13-year highs.

dailymail.co.uk (2 days ago)